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DESCRIPTION:Marshall University will honor nearly 1\,200 graduates from J
uly and August 2012\, and students who are tentatively scheduled to grad
uate this month at the annual Winter Commencement Sunday\, Dec. 16\, at
Cam Henderson Center on the Huntington campus. The ceremony begins at 2
p.m.\nAmong the 1\,193 students who received or are about to receive deg
rees are 756 undergraduates and 433 with graduate degrees. About 400 stu
dents have indicated they plan to participate in the ceremony. They will
receive congratulations from President Stephen J. Kopp and be presented
with a scroll by their academic dean.\nRegistrar Roberta Ferguson said
191 students will graduate with honors. Twenty-four will graduate summa
cum laude (3.85 to 4.0 GPA)\, 59 magna cum laude (3.6 to 3.84 GPA)\, and
99 cum laude (3.3 to 3.59 GPA).\nOne student receiving an associate deg
ree will graduate with high honors\, and eight associate degree recipien
ts will graduate with honors.\nBased on tentative grade point averages\,
three students will complete their baccalaureate degrees with perfect 4
.0 GPAs. They are Kimberly Michelle Frazier of Cross Lanes\, W.Va.\, Sar
ah Luliana Moawad of Winfield\, W.Va.\, and Trevor Bartlett Stone of Hun
tington\, W.Va.\nMarshall began conducting a winter graduation ceremony
in 2008 with a convocation at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. Th
e speaker was Dr. Montserrat Miller\, a professor of history. Winter com
mencement began in 2009 and the tradition of having an MU professor deli
ver the keynote address continued.\nPrevious commencement speakers were
Dr. Simon Perry\, professor of political science\, in 2009\; Dr. Bonita
Lawrence\, professor of mathematics\, in 2010\; and Dr. Jamie Warner\, p
rofessor of political science\, in 2011.\nThis year’s speaker is Dan H
ollis\, an associate professor of journalism who recently was named the
2012 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching West Virginia P
rofessor of the Year.\nHollis received the 2011 Marshall & Shirley Reyno
lds Outstanding Teacher Award at Marshall\, and received the Pickens-Que
en Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001. In addition\, he has taken firs
t place in six consecutive years\, and seven of the past eight\, in the
News/Sports/Public Affairs category of the National Broadcasting Society
and Alpha Rho Epsilon Professional Electronic Media Awards.\nHollis joi
ned Marshall in the fall of 1999. He was born in southwestern Indiana an
d received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Indi
ana in 1983. During college and after graduation\, he worked at WFIE-TV
in Evansville\, Ind.\, as an award-winning photographer\, producer and r
eporter. In 1989\, he became a freelance videographer\, often shooting r
ecruiting videos for major colleges and universities.\nIn 1996\, Hollis
decided to return to school to pursue his true love: teaching. He receiv
ed his master’s degree in communications from the University of Kentuc
ky in 1997 and taught there two years before joining Marshall.\n--------
---- \n\nDVDs Available\nMarshall University will produce a DVD of the w
inter commencement ceremony that can be purchased for $20. Orders may be
submitted using the DVD order form on the registrar’s office website
(www.marshall.edu/registrar). Orders also will be accepted Dec. 16 at He
nderson Center. The Marshall University Alumni Association will process
the DVD orders.
SUMMARY:Winter Commencement 2012 on Livestream.com
LOCATION:https://livestream.com/marshallu/wintercommencement2012
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